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Program Chairpersons:
Peter T. May, BMRC

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Sunday, 5 August 2007
	3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 6 August 2007
	7:00 AM-5:30 PM, Monday Registration Continues through Fri. 10 Aug
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, Hall A Session 1 Introduction and Remote Sensing Lecture
Chair: Rita D. Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM Introductory Remarks   8:45 AM Welcoming Remarks   9:00 AM 1.1 2006 AMS Remote Sensing Lecture: Raindrop size distributions: lies, damn lies and statistics   Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday Coffee Break (Halls C & D)
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Monday, Hall A Session 2 Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrological Applications
Chair: Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / GRAHI, Barcelona Spain
10:30 AM 2.1 Keynote: QPE in NWS hydrologic applications: present and future   Geoffrey M. Bonnin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Kitzmiller, D. Seo, M. Smith, and P. Restrepo 11:00 AM 2.2 Performance of quantitative precipitation estimation using radar, raingauge and satellite in a hydrological application for the Iguassu Basin, Brazil   Cesar A. Beneti, SIMEPAR / Parana Meteorological System, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; and L. Calvetti, I. Pscheidt, I. Moreira, and A. J. Pereira 11:15 AM 2.3 Introducing radar based quantitative precipitation estimates (QPE) in Australia—potential applications and partnerships   Soori Sooriyakumaran, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and C. Leahy, A. Seed, P. Baddiley, A. Baker, G. McKay, C. Wright, and J. Elliott 11:30 AM 2.4 Blending radar and raingauge data in real time: effects of the raingauge network density on the quality of estimates   Carlos A. Velasco-Forero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / GRAHI, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, R. Sánchez-Diezma, E. Cassiraga, and J. J. Gómez-Hernández 11:45 AM 2.5 Evaluating incremental improvements in precipitation estimation using an ensemble of hydrologic simulations   Jonathan J. Gourley, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. P. Jorgensen 12:00 PM 2.6 Local vertical profile corrections using data from multiple scan elevations   Huw W. Lewis, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and D. L. Harrison and M. Kitchen 12:15 PM 2.7 Convective rainfall amounts, ice water content and total lightning for individual storms from different climate regions   Wiebke Deierling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Petersen and S. M. Ellis
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break (Lunch Carts available in Halls C &D)
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, Halls C & D Poster Session P2 Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Hydrological Applications
P2.1 Improvements on quantitative precipitation estimation by radar applying a VPR correction method based on separating precipitation types   María Franco, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / GRAHI, Barcelona, Spain; and R. Sánchez-Diezma, I. Zawadzki, and D. Sempere-Torres   P2.2 Development of an Advanced System of Integration and Georeferenciation of Meteorological Information (SIGMA)   Rafael Sánchez-Diezma, HYDS, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere-Torres, D. Forcadell, M. Córdoba, E. Vilaclara, T. Rigo, and S. Segalà   P2.3 On quality indicators for radar-based river flow forecasts   Chris G. Collier, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom   P2.4 Consider the wind drift effects in the radar-raingauge comparisons   Lei Feng, National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Sindian City, Taipei County, Taiwan; and B. J. Jou   P2.5 The HydroMet Decision Support System: operational applications in hydrology and flash flood prediction   J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and C. Barrere, G. Formentini, L. Lago, A. Rossa, and M. Calza   P2.6 Improvement of accuacy of radar rainfall rate by real-time ClassZR   Jeong-Hee Kim, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and D. I. Lee, M. Jang, G. J. Seo, G. O. Lee, and K. E. Kim   P2.7 The radar investigation of the small scale structure of precipitation in orographically forced and normal conditions   Geoffrey L. Austin, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and A. Peace and G. Manley   P2.8 Ensemble radar precipitation estimation for hydrology in the Alps   Urs Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and K. Friedrich and M. Zappa   P2.9 A physically-based multivariate-regression approach for downscaling NEXRAD precipitation in mountainous terrain   Huade Guan, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia; and H. Xie and J. L. Wilson   P2.10 The estimation of rainfall by radar—50 years on   Geoffrey L. Austin, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and A. Peace, B. Austin, and I. Cluckie   P2.11 URBAS Radar—an approach to flash flood statistics   Andreas Wagner, German Met. Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany; and J. E. E. Seltmann and T. Einfalt   P2.12 The value of portable radars in improving precipitation estimation over complex terrain: Results from the 2005–2006 HydroMet Testbed Project in the American river basin   David P. Jorgensen, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and S. Matrosov   P2.13 The Operational Very Short Range Forecast of Precipitation and its Hydrological Applications in South Korea   Hyo-Kyung Kim, Korea Meteorological Administration / MRI, Seoul, South Korea; and J. H. Choi, K. Y. Nam, K. H. Chang, and S. N. Oh   P2.14 Heteroskedasticity and the Weighted Least Square Method in Radar Rainfall Estimate   Wenyao Pu, Nanjing University, Dalian, Liaoning, China; and M. Wei, H. Li, Y. He, S. Yu, and Z. Huang   P2.15 Development of enhanced quantitative radar precipitation estimates and related hydro-meteorological applications   Rafael Sánchez-Diezma, HYDS, Barcelona, Spain; and D. Sempere, D. Forcadell, M. Franco, E. Vilaclara, L. Trapero, T. Rigo, J. Bech, E. Velasco, and F. Ballester
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, Halls C & D Poster Session P3 Space Borne Radar
P3.1 NEXRAD in space and its potential impact on tropical cyclone simulation   William E. Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli   P3.2 The frequency of tropical precipitating clouds as observed by the TRMM PR and ICESat/GLAS   Sean P. Casey, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. E. Dessler and C. Schumacher   P3.3 Estimation of the drop size distribution parameter in the rain profiling algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar   Toshio Iguchi, NICT, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan   P3.4 Possible improvements in the standard algorithms for TRMM/PR   Nobuhiro Takahashi, National Institue of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Iguchi   P3.5 Range-adjustment for ground-based radar derived with TRMM radar: analyses in Israel confirm previous findings   Marco Gabella, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy; and G. Perona and E. Morin   P3.6 Checking the cross-track dependence of the TRMM radar echoes nearest to the earth surface   Marco Gabella, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy; and G. Perona   P3.7 Comparison of instantaneous TRMM satellite and ground validation rain rate estimates   David B. Wolff, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Fisher   P3.8 Precipitation and microphysical characteristics of objectively derived MSC regimes   Mick Pope, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and C. Jakob and M. J. Reeder   P3.9 Validation of TRMM Precipitation Radar through Comparison of Its Ten-Year Measurements to Ground-Based Radar   Liang Liao, Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology/Caelum Research Corp., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini   P3.10 Accounting for multiple scattering in spaceborne radar and lidar observations   Robin J. Hogan, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom   P3.11 Effects of along-track integration on Doppler velocity bias with a spaceborne cloud-profiling radar   Akihisa Uematsu, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ohno, H. Horie, H. Kumagai, and N. Schutgens   P3.12 An assessment of CloudSat products using the Environment Canada observing network   Peter Rodriguez, EC, King City, ON, Canada; and R. Austin, D. Hudak, T. S. L'Ecuyer, J. M. Haynes, and N. B. Wood   P3.13 Potential Limitations of Light Rain Retrieval from Spaceborne Cloud Radar Observations   Lin Tian, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield, R. Meneghini, L. Li, and L. Li   P3.14 Estimations of precipitation rates from CloudSat measurements   Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO P3.15 Mixed Phase Clouds Observed During the Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Project   Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. A. Kankiewicz, S. Q. Kidder, T. H. Vonder Haar, D. Hudak, J. W. Strapp, K. B. Strawbridge, and M. Wolde   P3.16 NASA GSFC Cloud Radar System (CRS) during CCVEX   Lihua Li, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield, L. Tian, and L. Belcher
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, Halls C & D Poster Session P4 Data Assimilation
P4.1 Doppler radar data assimilation over terrain using Ensemble Kalman Filter   Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Jhongli City, Taiwan; and G. J. Huang, M. Xue, and M. Tong   P4.2 Towards the assimilation of radar reflectivities: improving the observation operator by applying beam blockage information   Günther Haase, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and J. Bech, E. Wattrelot, U. Gjertsen, and M. Jurasek   P4.3 Toward an error covariance matrix of radar rainfall estimates   Marc Berenguer, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki   P4.4 Assimilation of Radar-Retrieved Water Mixing Ratio with the WRF 3DVAR System   Michihiro Teshiba, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, M. Xue, R. D. Palmer, and P. B. Chilson   P4.5 A Radar Data Assimilation System for Nowcasting and Very Short Range NWP   Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, Q. Xu, P. R. Harasti, M. Frost, and S. Potts   P4.6 Assimilation of multiple WSR-88D radar observations for short-term prediction of convective storms: a case study of the IHOP June 12-13 convective system   Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Zhang   P4.7 Development for a nudging assimilation procedure of cloud resolving storm simulator using multiparameter radar data   Shingo Shimizu, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Maesaka, R. Misumi, K. Iwanami, M. Maki, T. Yamada, S. Tsutiya, and W. Sato   P4.8 Assimilation of CASA and WSR-88D radar data via 3DVAR to improve short term convective weather forecasting   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Ge, M. Xue, and K. K. Droegemeier
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, Halls C & D Poster Session P5 Nowcasting I
P5.1 A new multi-scale meso-vortex/divergence detection algorithm with modified Rankine combined vortex   Osamu Suzuki, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and H. Yamauchi, M. Nakazato, and K. Akaeda   P5.2 Doppler radar for adverse weather surveillance and warnings in Botswana   Sacrasta Nchengwa, Department of Meteorological Services, Gaborone, Botswana; and D. Thebeetsile, J. Selato, D. B. Michelson, and D. Terblanche   P5.3 Three Body Scatter Signature producing uncertainties on Doppler radial velocity structures   Aurora Stan-Sion, National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania; and B. Antonescu and D. V. Carbunaru   P5.4 An automated thunderstorm alert service for airport operations   Rodney J. Potts, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Bally and T. Williams   P5.5 Initialization of midlatitude convective storms by assimilation of single Doppler radar observations   Kao-Shen Chung, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki, M. K. Yau, and L. Fillion   P5.6 An XML format for nowcast data   Elizabeth Ebert, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and S. Dance, D. Scurrah, R. J. Potts, and E. Dozortseva   P5.7 Spring 2007 national weather radar testbed demonstration   Pamela L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. L. Priegnitz and D. L. Andra   P5.8 Applications of radar and lightning information for severe weather forecast and protection in the south of Brazil   Cesar A. Beneti, SIMEPAR / Parana Meteorological System, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; and M. Jusevicius, L. Calvetti, and R. B. Gin   P5.9 Using radar data quality in computing composites and nowcasting products   Markus Peura, FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and J. Koistinen   P5.10 Impact of RNDSUP Doppler radars on forecast operations in Adelaide and Brisbane   J. A. Dickins, BMRC, Kent Town, SA, Australia; and A. M. Wedd   P5.11 Tackling the challenge of nowcasting elevated convection   Huaqing Cai, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Roberts, D. Megenhardt, E. Nelson, and M. Steiner   P5.12 Improved precipitation forecast by correcting phase and intensity errors of a meso-scale numerical model   GyuWon Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Xu and J. W. Wilson   P5.13 Tracking and nowcasting of convective cells using remote sensing data from radar and satellite   Kirstin Kober, DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany; and A. Tafferner and M. Pfeifer   P5.14 Orographic forcing and Doppler winds, the key for nowcasting heavy precipitation in the Alps   Luca Panziera, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and U. Germann and K. Friedrich   P5.15 Microburst events observed with the National Weather Radar Testbed phased array radar   Travis M. Smith, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and D. Priegnitz   P5.16 Documentation of convective activity in the north-eastern Italian region of Veneto   Andrea Rossa, Meteorological Centre of Teolo, Teolo, Italy; and A. D. Fontana, M. Calza, J. W. Conway, R. Millini, and G. Formentini   P5.17 A novel approach of tornado detection using a machine intelligence system based on shear and spectral signatures   Yadong Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, M. Yeary, A. Shapiro, S. Nemati, M. P. Foster, D. L. Andra, and M. Jain   P5.18 Storm Characterization and Short Term Forecasting Potential Using a Phase Array Radar   James Pinto, NCAR / RAL, Boulder, CO; and C. J. Kessinger, B. Hendrickson, D. Megenhardt, P. Harasti, Q. Xu, P. Zhang, Q. Zhao, M. Frost, J. Cook, and S. Potts   P5.19 The four large hail assessment techniques in severe thunderstorm warning operations in Australia   Harald Richter, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and R. B. Deslandes
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, Halls C & D Poster Session P6A Observations of clouds and radiation
P6A.1 An analytical expression for Doppler radar spectra related to terminal velocity with non-uniform drop size distribution   Ming Fang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak P6A.2 Long-term radar observations of the convective lines off the mountainous coast of southeastern Taiwan   Cheng-Ku Yu, Chinese Culture Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and C. Y. Lin   P6A.3 The WSR-88D observes non precipitating clouds   Valery Melnikov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Zrnic, R. J. Doviak, and Y. L. Kogan   P6A.4 Fine structure of vertical motion in the stratiform precipitation region observed by Equatorial Atmospheric Radar (EAR) in Sumatra, Indonesia   Noriyuki Nishi, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and M. K. Yamamoto, T. Shimomai, A. Hamada, and S. Fukao   P6A.5 Liquid cloud measurements with an airborne W-band radar and G-band radiometer system   Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA; and M. Wolde and D. Hudak   P6A.6 Analysis of radar Doppler spectra shape—an insight into Cloud Microphysics   Pavlos Kollias, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and E. Luke   P6A.7 Single scattering from frozen hydrometeors for cloud radar applications   Franz Teschl, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria; and W. L. Randeu, M. Schönhuber, and R. Teschl   P6A.8 The CloudSat Cloud Water Content products   Richard T. Austin, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO   P6A.9 Observation of cold pools in the Amazon   Maria Andrea Lima, Meteorogical Research Institute, Bauru, SP, Brazil   P6A.10 Assessment techniques for the ARM cloud radars   Kevin Widener, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. H. Mather   P6A.11 Radiative heating profiles for tropical cloud regimes   James H. Mather, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. A. McFarlane
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Coffee Break in Halls C & D
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Monday, Hall A Session 3 Space Borne Radar
Chair: Toshio Iguchi, NICT, Koganei, Tokyo Japan
4:00 PM 3.1 Keynote: Weather regimes and extreme events: Extracting information from TRMM's 9-Year database   Edward Zipser, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 4:30 PM 3.2 Keynote: Spaceborne radar observations of clouds and precipitation from space: A new A-Train perspective   Graeme Stephens, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. G. Vane 5:00 PM 3.3 The Canadian CloudSat CALIPSO Validation Project: Evaluation of sensitivity and sub-pixel variability of CloudSat data products   David Hudak, EC, King City, ON, Canada; and H. W. Barker, K. B. Strawbridge, M. Wolde, A. Kankiewicz, and J. W. Strapp 5:15 PM 3.4 CloudSat's View of the Global Distribution of Light Precipitation   Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Haynes, C. Mitrescu, F. J. Turk, S. D. Miller, and C. Kummerow 5:30 PM 3.5 Performance and data processing of Cloudsat's Cloud Profiling Radar in the first year in orbit   Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and E. Im, S. L. Durden, and K. Pak 5:45 PM 3.6 Development of Cloud Profiling Radar for EarthCARE   Yuichi Ohno, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Horie, K. Sato, H. Kumagai, T. Kimura, K. Okada, Y. Iida, and M. Kojima
	6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday Icebreaker Reception and Opening of Exhibits in Halls C & D (Cash Bar)
	6:00 PM, Monday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
Tuesday, 7 August 2007
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Hall A Session 4A Data Assimilation (Parallel with Session 4B)
Chair: Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:00 AM 4A.1 Keynote: Radar data assimilation for the mesoscale analysis at Japan Meteorological Agency   Yuki Honda, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ishikawa and K. Sawada 8:30 AM 4A.2 An application of the doppler radar radial wind bias estimation method   Kirsti Salonen, FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Järvinen, S. Järvenoja, R. Eresmaa, and S. Niemelä 8:45 AM 4A.3 Studies of phased-array scan strategies for radar data assimilation   Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. Lu, L. Wei, and Q. Zhao 9:00 AM 4A.4 Multiple Radar Data Assimilation and Short-range Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting of a Squall Line Observed during IHOP_2002   Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun 9:15 AM 4A.5 High-Resolution Radar Data Assimilation for Hurricane Isabel (2003) at Landfall   Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Y. Jin 9:30 AM 4A.6 Radar reflectivity-based initialization of precipitation systems using a diabatic digital filter   Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA / ESRL / GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Benjamin and J. M. Brown 9:45 AM 4A.7 A Frequent-updating High-resolution Analysis System Based on Radar Data for the 2008 Summer Olympics   Mingxuan Chen, Institute of Urban Meteorology / CMA, Beijing, China; and J. Sun and Y. Wang
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Meeting Room 2 Session 4B Space Borne Radar II (Parallel with Session 4A)
Chair: Graeme L. Stephens, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
8:30 AM 4B.1 Satellite measurements of precipitation and critical size of cloud droplet   Takahisa Kobayashi, MRI, Tukuba, Ibaaki, Japan; and K. Masuda 8:45 AM 4B.2 Stratiform rain versus anvil cloud   Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 9:00 AM 4B.3 Validation of TRMM PR rain estimates using a radiative transfer model   Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan; and T. Watanabe, H. Sasaki, and K. Okamoto 9:15 AM 4B.4 A Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) validation network prototype   K. Robert Morris, SAIC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. R. Schwaller, D. B. Wolff, and J. L. Pippitt 9:30 AM 4B.5 Workshop report on Nexrad-In-Space—a geostationary satellite Doppler weather radar for hurricane studies   Eastwood Im, JPL / California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and E. A. Smith, V. Chandrasekar, S. S. Chen, G. Holland, F. D. Marks, S. Tanelli, and G. J. Tripoli 9:45 AM 4B.6 Cloud Resolving Hurricane prediction using sssimilated Doppler radar based in space   Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. E. Lewis, E. Smith, E. Im, and F. D. Marks
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday Coffee Break in Halls C & D
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Tuesday, Hall A Session 5 Nowcasting I
Chair: Deon E. Terblanche, South African Weather Service, Pretoria South Africa
10:30 AM 5.1 Keynote: The University of Alabama Huntsville THOR Center instrumentation: Research and operational collaboration   Walter A. Petersen, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp, D. J. Cecil, and J. R. Mecikalski 11:00 AM 5.2 A Brief Introduction of B08FDP for Beijing 2008 Olympics   Debin Su, Beijing Meteorological Bureau, Beijing, China; and J. Wang, Y. Wang, and F. Liang 11:30 AM 5.3 Status of nowcasting thunderstorm initiation: where do we go from here?   Rita Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. J. Nelson, J. Pinto, T. Saxen, and C. L. Phillips 11:45 AM 5.4 Comparison of storm evolution characteristics: The NWRT PAR and WSR-88D   Pamela L. Heinselman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. L. Priegnitz, K. L. Manross, and R. Adams 12:00 PM 5.5 Assessment of the Statistical Characteristics of Thunderstorms Simulated with the WRF Model Using Convection-Permitting Resolution   James Pinto, NCAR / RAL, Boulder, CO; and C. Phillips, M. Steiner, R. Rasmussen, N. Oien, M. Dixon, W. Wang, and M. Weisman 12:15 PM 5.6 RTFV: A real time forecast verification system   Elizabeth Ebert, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and B. Brown
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break (Lunch Carts available in Halls C & D)
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Halls C & D Poster Session P10 Polarimetric Applications I
P10.1 Polarimetric characteristics of tornadic and nontornadic supercell thunderstorms   Matthew R. Kumjian, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov   P10.2 Examination of Tornadic Signatures Observed at Very Close Range using Simultaneous Dual-Polarization Radar at C band   J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov, E. D. Mitchell, P. Zhang, L. Venkatramani, J. L. Alford, and D. Nelson   P10.3 Hail detection using a polarimetric algorithm at C band: impact on attenuation correction   Gianfranco Vulpiani, Meteo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary, J. Parent-du-Châtelet, O. Bousquet, M. L. Segond, and F. S. Marzano   P10.4 Kelvin-Helmholtz waves observed by a polarimetric prototype of the WSR-88D radar   Pengfei Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and D. S. Zrnic   P10.5 moved. New paper number 10.7A     P10.6 Characteristics of vertical profile of rainfall parameters in a Baiu frontal rainfall using 2D-Video distrometer, COBRA, and 400MHz Wind Profiler   Katsuhiro Nakagawa, GEST/UMBC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. Shusse, Y. Kitamura, and R. Meneghini   P10.7 Drop shape and DSD retrieval with an X-band dual polarization radar   Eugenio Gorgucci, CNR / ISAC, Rome, Italy; and L. Baldini and V. Chandrasekar P10.8 Prototype products for ground validation in the GPM-era   David A. Marks, NASA/GSFC and George Mason Univ., Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff and D. S. Silberstein   P10.9 The NSSL winter hydrometeor classification ground truth program: public involvement in science   Kimberly L. Elmore, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Scharfenberg and C. Legett   P10.10 Analysis of dual-pol WSR-88D base data collected during three significant winter storms   Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, Norman, OK; and K. L. Elmore   P10.11 Hydrometeor type classification in winter clouds using X-band polarimetric radar measurements—Comparison of X-band polarimetric radar data with in-situ measurements by HYVIS   Koyuru Iwanami, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Kusunoki, N. Orikasa, M. Maki, R. Misumi, and M. Murakami   P10.12 First result from the NRC Airborne W and X-band (NAWX) radar system—Observations of winter clouds during the Canadian CloudSat and CALIPSO validation project   Mengistu Wolde, NRC Institute for Aerospace Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and A. L. Pazmany and D. Hudak   P10.13 Development and application of a polarimetric X-Band radar for mobile or stationary applications   Joerg Borgmann, Selex SI GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and P. Goelz, R. Hannesen, F. Gekat, R. Cremonini, and R. Bechini   P10.14 An operational mobile XPOL for hydrometeorological applications in Brazil   Augusto José Pereira Filho, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and O. Massambani, P. E. Martins, and F. Cazenave
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Halls C & D Poster Session P6B Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Forecasting and Hydrological Applications
P6B.1 A Study of Rainfall Spatial Correlation using Radar Observation   Ling Zhang, LAGEO, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and J. Liu, S. Duan, and D. Lu   P6B.2 The Consensus Methods and Effects of Estimation Rainfall Using Radar   Li Guan, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, NanJing, JiangSu, China; and Z. Wang   P6B.3 Retrieval of the gross structure of reflectivity: correcting for degraded peak values   Roberto V. Calheiros, São Paulo State University, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and A. B. D'Oliveira   P6B.4 The Synchronously integrated Technique in Real Time for Rainfall Estimation using Radar and Raingauge   Cuihong Wu, Wuhan Central Weather Office, Wuhan, Hubei, China   P6B.5 Quantifying and predicting the accuracy of radar-based quantitative precipitation forecasts   Frédéric Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and A. W. Seed   P6B.6 Correction of Radar Reflectivity over Beam Blocking Area and Elimination of Ground Clutter Using Accumulated Radar Reflectivity Map   Sung-Hwa Jung, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea; and S. H. Park, J. H. Lee, and K. E. Kim   P6B.7 Estimation of rainfall based on the results of polarimetric echo classification   Scott Giangrande, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov   P6B.8 Rainfields: the Australian Bureau of Meteorology system for quantitative precipitation estimation   A. W. Seed, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and E. Duthie and S. Chumchean   P6B.9 Intercomparison of simulations using 4 WRF microphysical schemes with dual-Polarization data for a German squall line   Monika Pfeifer, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and W. A. Gallus   P6B.10 Parameterisation of radar precipitation quality index scheme on raingauge data   Jan Szturc, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Katowice, Poland; and K. Osrodka and A. Jurczyk   P6B.11 Study of the attenuation error structure   Xavier Llort, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; and M. Berenguer, D. Sempere-Torres, and I. Zawadzki   P6B.12 Inverse Problem of identification of Rain Rate Profiles from Radar Return   Romulo da Silveira Paz Sr., Brazilian Meteorology Society, Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil; and Z. E. Da Silva, J. C. Figueiredo, and R. V. Calheiros
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Halls C & D Poster Session P7 Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Processing I
P7.1 Study on the Optimal Scanning Strategies of Phase-Array Radar through Ensemble Kalman Filter Assimilation of Simulated Data   Ting Lei, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue, T. Y. Yu, and M. Teshiba   P7.2 Adaptive Array Processing for Multi-Mission Phased Array Radar   Khoi D. Le, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, T. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, S. M. Torres, and B. L. Cheong   P7.3 Beyond phased arrays—design principles for an imaging radar   Charles C. Kidder III, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. B. Yeary and R. D. Palmer   P7.4 A new interactive method of velocity dealiasing   Wei Ming, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science & Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and X. Gan and H. Kang   P7.5 Range Extension of Doppler Radar by Combined Use of Low-PRF and Phase Diversity Processed Dual-PRF Observations   Hiroshi Yamauchi, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and O. Suzuki and K. Akaeda   P7.6 Phase codes for separation of range overlaid echoes   Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK   P7.7 A Networked Radar Approach For Resolving Range/Velocity Ambiguity   Nitin Bharadwaj, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar   P7.8 Analysis of the new NEXRAD spectrum width estimator   Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. D. Curtis and D. S. Zrnic   P7.9 Operational evaluation of the real-time attenuation correction system for CASA IP1 testbed   Yuxiang Liu, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and Y. Wang, D. Willie, V. Chandrasekar, and V. N. Bringi   P7.10 Orthogonal Channel Coding For Simultaneous Co-And-Cross Polarization Measurements   V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. Bharadwaj and J. George P7.11 Automatic determination of noise power levels during operational data collection with weather radars   Peter Gölz, SELEX-Gematronik GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and S. Beyer   P7.12 Analysis and Mitigation of WLAN Interferences   Frank Gekat, Selex-Gematronik, Neuss, Germany; and D. Rühl and M. Pool P7.13 IQManager—a tool for integrated record and replay of IQ data   Ulrich Wielant, SELEX-Gematronik GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and S. Beyer P7.14 SMPRF: The Finnish range velocity ambiguity mitigation technique   J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO P7.15 Analyst—monitoring and analysing radar system parameters   Ulrich Wielant, SELEX-Gematronik GmbH, Neuss, Germany; and S. Beyer and V. Edelmann   P7.16 Operational rapid Scan Weather Radar System   Frank Gekat, Selex-Gematronik, Neuss, Germany; and A. Weipert and H. Niebaum
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Halls C & D Poster Session P8A Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics
P8A.6 moved. New Paper Number 8A.2A   P8A.1 The decomposition of heterogeneous rain into homogeneous components: results from a statistical inversion of count data   A. R. Jameson, RJH Scientific, Inc., Arlington, VA   P8A.2 Profiling of latent heating through spaceborne Doppler radar and the Hydrometeor Heating algorithm   Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and E. Im   P8A.3 Spatial Variability of the Rain Drop Size Distributions during Stratiform Rain Events   Choong Ke Lee, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea; and G. W. Lee, I. Zawadzki, and K. E. Kim   P8A.4 Coordinated in-situ and remote sensing precipitation measurements at the Kessler Farm Field Laboratory in Central Oklahoma   Phillip B. Chilson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Zhang, T. J. Schuur, L. M. Kanofsky, M. Teshiba, Q. Cao, and M. Van Every   P8A.5 The largest particle in a sample from an exponential, gamma or lognormal distribution   Paul L. Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD   P8A.7 Statistical analysis of S-Pol polarimetric radar data from NAME 2004   Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge and R. Cifelli   P8A.8 Drop shape and orientation angle distributions in rain from 2-D video disdrometer   Gwo-Jong Huang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. N. Bringi, M. Schoenhuber, and M. Thurai P8A.9 Mobile Micro Rain Radar (MRR) deployment in North Carolina   Jessica L. Proud, Renaissance Computing Institue, Chapel Hill, NC; and K. Galluppi P8A.11 Dual-wavelength radar water vapor and cloud liquid water estimates: Verification and assimilation into a cloud model   S. M. Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun and J. Vivekanandan P8A.10 Retrieval of LWC in stratocumulus clouds using two mode representation of drop size distributions   Mark Pinsky, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel; and A. Khain, O. A. Krasnov, and H. Russchenberg P8A.12 Snowflake size distribution retrievals from a UHF profiler   Andrew J. Newman, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera, L. F. Bliven, and C. R. Williams   P8A.13 Bright band identification from vertical profile of reflectivity   Jian Zhang, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Langston and K. Howard   P8A.14 A database system for analysis of single scattering properties of irregular particles   Hezekiah M. Carty, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. S. Kuo and E. A. Smith   P8A.15 L-Moment estimators as applied to gamma drop size distributions   Donna V. Kliche, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and A. G. Detwiler, P. L. Smith, and R. W. Johnson   P8A.16 L-Moment method applied to observed raindrop size distributions   Donna V. Kliche, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and A. G. Detwiler, P. L. Smith, and R. W. Johnson   P8A.17 Pulse Average Requirement for Semi-Fractal Spatial Distributions of Raindrops   Kwo-Sen Kuo, Caelum Research Corp., Greenbelt, MD; and E. A. Smith, R. Meneghini, and A. Mugnai
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Halls C & D Poster Session P8B Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Processing II
P8B.1 A high resolution and precision broad band radar   Tomoo Ushio, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan; and T. Mega, T. Morimoto, and Z. I. Kawasaki   P8B.2 A statistical evaluation of the SMPRF range velocity ambiguity mitigation technique   J. C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Ruzanski and V. Chandrasekar   P8B.3 Evaluation Study on Wind Retrieval Methods from a Single-Doppler Radar   Sang-Min Jang, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea; and H. C. Lim, D. Lee, D. S. Kim, and Y. S. Lee   P8B.4 Networking weather radars in Cuba: a change in paradigm   Orlando L. Rodríguez, Centro de Radares/Instituto de Meteorologia, Camaguey, Cuba; and W. Pozas, J. L. Pérez, L. L. Fernández, R. A. Naranjo, A. Barreiras, A. A. Peña, M. Diez, and M. O. Aguiar   P8B.5 A new high-altitude airborne millimeter-wave radar for atmospheric research   Gordon Farquharson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Loew, W. C. Lee, and J. Vivekanandan   P8B.6 Investigation of Doppler spectra from a tornadic supercell thunderstorm: Are they Gaussian?   Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu and R. D. Palmer   P8B.7 A Monopulse System: Applications for Weather Radar Observations   Michihiro Teshiba, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, G. E. Crain, and M. Xue   P8B.8 Real-time implementation of refractivity retrieval: Partnership Between the University of Oklahoma, National Severe Storms Laboratory, and the Radar Operations Center   Boon Leng Cheong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, C. D. Curtis, K. Hondl, P. L. Heinselman, D. Zrnic, D. Forsyth, R. Murnan, J. R. Reed, R. Vogt, and M. Foster   P8B.9 Refractivity retrieval using the CASA X-band radars   Boon Leng Cheong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Hardwick, J. Fritz, P. S. Tsai, R. D. Palmer, V. Chandrasekar, S. J. Frasier, J. George, D. Brunkow, B. Bowie, and P. Kennedy   P8B.10 Development of an advanced radar and lidar platform suite for interdisciplinary airborne and ground-based gemote-sensing research   James A. Moore, NCAR/EOL, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan, W. C. Lee, E. Loew, S. Mayor, and S. Spuler   P8B.11 Real-time wind field retrieval system by using X-band radar network around Tokyo metropolitan area   Takeshi Maesaka, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Maki, K. Iwanami, R. Misumi, and S. Shimizu
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday Coffee Break in Halls C & D
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Hall A Session 6A Observations of Clouds and Radiation (Parallel with 6B)
Chair: James H. Mather, PNNL, Richland, WA
4:00 PM 6A.1 Keynote: Towards "unified" radar/lidar/radiometer retrievals for cloud radiation studies   Robin J. Hogan, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom 4:30 PM 6A.2 A high resolution hydrometeor phase classifier based on analysis of cloud radar doppler spectra   Edward Luke, BNL, Upton, NY; and P. Kollias 4:45 PM 6A.3 Evaluation of operational model cloud representation using routine radar/lidar measurements   Dominique Bouniol, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and A. Protat and J. Delanoë 5:00 PM 6A.4 Comparison of observed cloud properties at the three ARM sites in the Tropical West Pacific and the AMF site in Niamey with their representation in operational models   Ewan J. O'Connor, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and R. J. Hogan and A. J. Illingworth 5:15 PM 6A.5 Extraction of cloud parameters using multipeak analysis of cloud radar data   Sabrina Melchionna, Max Planck Institute of Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany 5:30 PM 6A.6 Using cloud radar to understand the vertical distribution of absorption in tropical clouds   Sally A. McFarlane, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. H. Mather, Z. Liu, and T. P. Ackerman 5:45 PM 6A.7 Long-term cloud and precipitation observations with the ARM w-band cloud radars   Karen L. Johnson, BNL, Upton, NY; and M. P. Jensen, P. Kollias, E. Luke, K. Widener, M. A. Miller, and E. E. Clothiaux
	4:30 PM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Meeting Room 2 Session 6B Quality issues on Quantitative Precipitation Estimation, Forecasting and Hydrological Applications II (Parallel with 6A)
Chair: Geoffrey M. Bonnin, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
4:30 PM 6B.1 Quality metrics in QPE   Daniel Sempere-Torres, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / GRAHI, Barcelona, Spain; and A. W. Seed, J. Koistinen, P. I. Joe, T. D. Keenan, J. E. E. Seltmann, P. P. Alberoni, and M. Kitchen 4:45 PM 6B.2 Area-intensity probability distributions of rainfall based on a large sample of radar data   Jarmo Koistinen, FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and T. Kuitunen, J. Kotro, H. Hohti, and M. Inkinen 5:00 PM 6B.3 Large Sample Nonparametric Modeling of the Uncertainties in Radar Rainfall Products   Grzegorz J. Ciach, IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering / Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and W. F. Krajewski and G. Villarini 5:15 PM 6B.4 What does the bright band tell us about the Z-R relationship?   Marc Berenguer, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki 5:30 PM 6B.5 Possible extreme marine snowfall as seen by BALTRAD   D. B. Michelson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and U. Gjertsen, J. Koistinen, and D. M. Schultz 5:45 PM 6B.6 Evaluation of precipitation forecasts by combined information content of polarimetric cloud and weather radar as well as disdrometer data   Monika Pfeifer, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen, J. Handwerker, and W. Yen
	6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Tuesday Exhibits Sponsored Reception in Halls C & D (Cash Bar)
	6:00 PM, Tuesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
Wednesday, 8 August 2007
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Hall A Session 7 Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Processing
Chair: Dusan Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
8:00 AM 7.1 Keynote: Electronically scanned radars for weather observations   Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA 8:30 AM 7.2 Update on the National Weahter Radar Testbed (Phased-Array)   Douglas E. Forsyth, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Kimpel, D. S. Zrnic, R. Ferek, J. F. Heimmer, T. J. McNellis, J. E. Crain, A. M. Shapiro, R. J. Vogt, and W. Benner 8:45 AM 7.3 Dynamic Scanning for the National Weather Radar Testbed   David Priegnitz, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and C. D. Curtis 9:00 AM 7.4 A Polar-Coordinate Real-Time Three-Dimensional Rapidly Updating Merger Technique for Phased Array Radar Scanning Strategies   Valliappa Lakshmanan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. D. Hondl 9:15 AM 7.5 Range oversampling techniques for polarimetric radars with dual transmitters   Sebastian M. Torres, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 9:30 AM 7.6 Evaluation of FM pulse compression for weather radars   Timo M. Puhakka, Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and V. Chandrasekar and P. V. S. Puhakka 9:45 AM 7.7 Evaluation of binary phase coded pulse compression schemes using a Time-Series Weather Radar Simulator   Timothy A. Alberts, Univeristy of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson, B. L. Cheong, R. D. Palmer, and M. Xue
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Halls C & D
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Wednesday, Hall A Session 8A Precipitation and Cloud Microphysics (Parallel with 8B)
Chair: Alan W. Seed, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic. Australia
10:30 AM 8A.1 Radar measurement of rainfall with and without polarimetry   Carlton W. Ulbrich, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; and D. Atlas 10:45 AM 8A.2A Microphysical and kinematic analysis algorithms for a network of x-band radars (Formerly P8A.6)   Brenda Dolan, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge 8A.2 Radar observations of rainfall variability using non-Rayleigh signal fluctuations   A. R. Jameson, RJH Scientific, Inc., Arlington, VA; and A. B. Kostinski and D. A. Brunkow 11:00 AM 8A.3 Lightning activity on thunderstorms relative to the microphysics, thermodynamics and large-scale features in the Amazon Region   Rachel Albrecht, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and C. Morales, J. R. Neves, and M. A. Silva Dias 11:15 AM 8A.4 The Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distribution and Drop Shape Relation in Typhoon Systems from 2D-Video Disdrometer and NCU C-Band Polarimetric Radar   Wei-Yu Chang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang 11:30 AM 8A.5 MXPOL MEASUREMENTS OF WEATHER SYSTEMS   Augusto José Pereira Filho, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and O. Massambani, R. Hallak, C. Beneti, and R. B. Gin 11:45 AM 8A.6 Ice particles classification using dual-polarization spectral observations   Dmitri N. Moisseev, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar 12:00 PM 8A.7 Investigation of microphysical processes of rain formation using UHF wind profilers and S-band polarimetric radar   Michihiro Teshiba, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson, A. V. Ryzhkov, T. J. Schuur, R. D. Palmer, and L. M. Kanofsky 12:15 PM 8A.8 Disdrometer derived Z-S relations in South Central Ontario, Canada   Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and V. N. Bringi, M. Schoenhuber, G. J. Huang, D. Hudak, D. B. Wolff, P. G. Bashor, W. A. Petersen, and G. S. Jackson
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Wednesday, Meeting Room 2 Session 8B Advanced Radar Technologies and Signal Porcessing II (Parallel with 8A)
Chair: Andrew L. Pazmany, ProSensing Inc., Amherst, MA
10:30 AM 8B.1 Spaced-Antenna Interferometry to Locate Discrete Objects and Sub-Volume Inhomogeneities of Reflectivity   Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Doviak 10:45 AM 8B.2 An airborne phased array radar concept for atmospheric research   Eric Loew, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee, J. Vivekenandan, J. Moore, J. S. Herd, and S. Duffy 11:00 AM 8B.3 A generic radar processor design using Software Defined Radio   Tom Brimeyer, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Martin, E. Loew, G. Farquharson, S. Khatri, and S. Paul 11:15 AM 8B.4 Operational C-band radar refractivity measurement: A feasibility study   John Nicol, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and T. Darlington, M. Kitchen, and A. J. Illingworth 11:30 AM 8B.5 Simulation and interpretation of the noise in the radar refractivity retrieval   ShinJu Park, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and F. Fabry 11:45 AM 8B.6 Evaluation of the refractivity measurement feasibility with a C band radar equipped with a magnetron transmitter   Jacques Parent du Chatelet, Météo-France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and C. Boudjabi 12:00 PM 8B.7 Intelligent mitigation of normal propagation and anomalous propagation clutter   Michael Dixon, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Hubbert, S. Ellis, C. Kessinger, and G. Meymaris 12:15 PM 8B.8 Characterization and mitigation of wind turbine clutter on the WSR-88D network   B. M. Isom, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, G. S. Secrest, R. D. Rhoton, D. S. Saxion, J. L. Winslow, J. R. Reed, T. Crum, and R. J. Vogt
	12:30 PM, Wednesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	12:45 PM-5:45 PM, Wednesday Optional Excursion: Tjapukai Aborigional Cultural Park (Seperate Ticket)—Buses leave Convention Center at 12:45pm
	7:00 PM-10:30 PM, Wednesday Conference Banquet to be held on the outdoor plaza of the Cairns Convention Centre (Ticket included with registration. Guest tickets ($90) available until noon Tues.)
Thursday, 9 August 2007
	8:00 AM-10:15 AM, Thursday, Hall A Session 9 Commercial Operators Talks
Chair: Richard E. Passarelli, Jr., Vaisala/Sigmet, Westford, MA
8:00 AM 9.1 Gematronik   Claudius Marschalik, Selex SI GmbH, Neuss, Germany 8:13 AM 9.2 Beijing Metstar Radar CO, Ltd   Fred Brenner, Beijing Metstar CO, Ltd., Beijing, China 8:26 AM 9.3 Baron Services, Inc   Bill Walker, Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL 8:39 AM 9.4 Vaisala/Sigmet   Richard E. Passarelli Jr., Vaisala/Sigmet, Westford, MA 8:52 AM 9.5 Weather Decision Technologies, Inc   J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK 9:05 AM 9.6 Enterprise Electronics Corporation   James L. Alford, Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL 9:18 AM 9.7 Radtec Engineering, Inc   Larry Davis, Radtec Engineering, Inc., Broomfield, CO 9:31 AM 9.8 GAMIC mbH   Martin Malkomes, GAMIC mbH, Aachen, Germany 9:44 AM 9.9 HYDS   Rafael Sánchez-Diezma, HYDS, Barcelona, Spain 9:57 AM 9.10 ATRAD Pty Ltd   Rob Silva, ATRAD Pty Ltd., Thebarton, SA, Australia; and I. Reid
	10:15 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday Coffee Break in Halls C & D
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Thursday, Hall A Session 10 Polarimetric Applications I
Chair: Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
10:30 AM 10.1 Keynote: Polarimetric upgrade of the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) network   Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 11:00 AM 10.2 Product development and evaluation for the dual-pol WSR-88D radar   Kevin Scharfenberg, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, Norman, OK; and D. W. Burgess, M. J. Istok, K. L. Manross, R. Murnan, and P. T. Schlatter 11:15 AM 10.3 Comparison of polarimetric algorithms for hydrometeor classification at S and C bands   Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic, P. Zhang, J. Krause, H. S. Park, D. Hudak, J. Young, J. L. Alford, M. Knight, and J. W. Conway 11:30 AM 10.4 Can operational polarization radars provide improved rainfall rates with error estimates?   Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and C. R. Williams and R. J. Thompson 11:45 AM 10.5 Quantitative precipitation estimations from operational polarimetric radars for hydrological applications   Marie-Laure Segond, Météo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and J. Parent-du-Châtelet 12:00 PM 10.6 Operational detection of rain-snow boundaries   Aldo Bellon, J. S Marshall Weather Radar Observatory, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC; and I. Zawadzki 12:15 PM 10.7A Cold rain event analysis using 2-D video disdrometer, C-band polarimetric radar, X-band vertically pointing Doppler radar and POSS (Formerly Paper P10.5)   Merhala Thurai, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Hudak, V. N. Bringi, G. Lee, and B. Sheppard 10.7 Identification of aircraft icing conditions with a polarimetric WSR-88D   Terry J. Schuur, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. V. Ryzhkov and K. L. Elmore
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break (Lunch Carts available in Halls C & D)
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Halls C & D Poster Session P11A Severe Weather and Mesoscale Meteorology I
P11A.1 Circular flight tracks for deducing tropical cyclone inner-core structure using airborne Doppler radar   Michael M. Bell, NCAR and NPS, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee, R. A. Houze, B. F. Smull, and F. D. Marks   P11A.2 Mesoscale Analysis on the Quasi-linear Convective System off the Southwest Coast of Taiwan during Southwesterly Flow Experiment (SoWFEX 2006)   Chih-Hsien Wei, Air Force Institute of Technology, Gangshan, Kaohsiung Count, Taiwan; and T. H. Hor   P11A.3 Dual Doppler radar analysis of the 3D wind fields associated with subtropical squall lines   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and A. M. Shao   P11A.4 An Observational Study on the Kinematic Characteristics of Rainband over Changma Frontal Zone Using Dual Doppler Radar Analysis   Kyung-Yeub Nam, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea; and K. E. Kim, J. H. Park, and D. Lee   P11A.5 Doppler weather radar network over the Korean Peninsula   S. G. Park, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and D. K. Lee   P11A.6 Real-time implementation of VORTRAC at the National Hurricane Center   Paul R. Harasti, UCAR and NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. C. Lee and M. Bell
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Halls C & D Poster Session P11B Polarimetric Radar and Applications II
P11B.1 A variational scheme for retrieving rainfall rate and hail reflectivity fraction from polarization radar   Robin J. Hogan, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom   P11B.2 Rainfall-type classification by polarimetric radar   Yukari Shusse, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Okinawa, Japan; and N. Takahashi, K. Nakagawa, S. Satoh, and T. Iguchi   P11B.3 Hydrometeor classification based on ZDP using C-band radar   Leila K. Konkola, Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and T. M. Puhakka   P11B.4 Optimization of the matrix of weights in the polarimetric algorithm for classification of radar echoes   Hyang-Suk Park, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea; and A. V. Ryzhkov, D. S. Zrnic, and K. E. Kim   P11B.5 Accuracy of ZDR data and implications to operational radar measurements   Ronald Hannesen, Selex-Gematronik, Neuss, Germany; and J. Borgmann, P. Gölz, and F. Gekat   P11B.6 moved. New paper number 11B.5A     P11B.7 Radar calibration using polarimetric observations   Jonathan J. Gourley, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and A. J. Illingworth and P. Tabary   P11B.8 Effects of radar beam shielding on rainfall estimation for polarimetric C-band radar   Katja Friedrich, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and U. Germann, J. J. Gourley, and P. Tabary   P11B.9 Correcting for radome interference effects on differential reflectivity measurements; implications for operational rainfall estimates   Jacqueline Sugier, Met Office UK, Exeter, United Kingdom; and R. J. Thompson, A. J. Illingworth, M. L. Segond, and P. Tabary   P11B.10 Rain and Wet Hail Specific Attenuation Estimation for a 3D supercell case using RAMS model to simulate CASA X-band and WSR-88D S-band radar signals   Leyda León, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and G. J. Huang, Y. Liu, V. N. Bringi, and A. M. Loftus   P11B.11 Real-time hydrometeor classification for the operational forecasting environment   Reino Keranen, Vaisala, Oyj, Helsinki, Finland; and V. Chandrasekar, E. Saltikoff, J. Holmes, and J. Selzler   P11B.12 Validation of polarimetric methods for attenuation correction at C band   Alexander V. Ryzhkov, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Zhang, D. Hudak, J. L. Alford, M. Knight, and J. W. Conway   P11B.13 Ground clutter recognition using polarimetric spectral parameters   Dusan S. Zrnic, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and V. M. Melnikov   P11B.14 Use of Coherency to Improve Signal Detection in Dual-Polarization Weather Radars   Igor R. Ivic, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic   P11B.15 Antenna design tradeoffs for dense distributed radar network for weather sensing   Jorge L. Salazar, ERC for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. McLaughlin and E. Knapp
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Halls C & D Poster Session P12A Results from Field Campaigns
P12A.1 Convective characteristics and estimated heating structures from C-POL observations during TWP-ICE   Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. L. Frederick   P12A.2 Aerosol and thermodynamic controls on tropical cloud systems during TWPICE and ACTIVE   Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and G. Vaughan, G. Allen, T. W. Choularton, and P. J. Connolly   P12A.3 Drop size distribution retrievals during TWPICE   Bronwyn K. Dolman, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia; and P. T. May and R. A. Vincent P12A.4 Comparisons of retrieved drop size distributions from a video and JW disdrometer observed during the NAMMA field campaign   Andrew J. Newman, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera, L. F. Bliven, S. Diatta, and A. Gaye   P12A.5 Snow Study at CARE   Eunsil Jung, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and I. Zawadzki and G. Lee   P12A.6 Convection Initiation in Germany's Black Forest   Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Wilson, J. M. Wurman, M. Hagen, and V. Wulfmeyer   P12A.7 Documentation of stratiform and cirriform region of MCSs anvils during the AMMA experiment   Dominique Bouniol, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and A. Protat, A. Plana-Fattori, and M. Papazzoni   P12A.8 NASA GPM/PMM Participation in the Canadian CloudSat/Calipso Validation Project (C3VP): Physical process studies in snow   Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. Hudak, V. N. Bringi, P. Siqueira, A. Tokay, V. Chandrasekar, L. F. Bliven, R. Cifelli, T. Lang, S. Rutledge, and G. Skofronick-Jackson
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Halls C & D Poster Session P13A Severe Weather and Mesoscale Meteorology II
P13A.1 DOW-based dynamic climatology of tornaodes   Curtis R. Alexander, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman   P13A.2 Mobile Radar Based Dynamic Climatology of Tornadoes   Curtis R. Alexander, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman   P13A.3 A detailed analysis of an extremely long-tracked supercell   Jason T. Martinelli, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE   P13A.4 The Air France 358 incident of 2 August 2005 at Toronto International Airport   Paul Joe, Environment Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada   P13A.5 Doppler-radar analysis of a supercell that produced a cyclonic-anticyclonic pair of tornadoes in central Oklahoma   Jeffrey C. Snyder, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein and J. B. Houser   P13A.6 Overview and future plans for the mobile weather radar program at OU   Michael I. Biggerstaff, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK   P13A.7 Multi-pass objective analyses of radar data: Preliminary results   Mario Majcen, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and P. Markowski, Y. Richardson, D. Dowell, and J. Wurman   P13A.8 The MRI portable X-band Doppler radar (X-POD): Status and Applications   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Ichiyama   P13A.9 High resolution observations of terrain modified storms using the MRI portable X-band Doppler radar (X-POD)   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and H. Iwasaki   P13A.10 A new formulation of dual-Doppler analysis for convective flows   Corey K. Potvin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro and J. Gao   P13A.11 Analysis of the damaging wind in Linyi, Shandong, China on April 28th 2006   Junjian Zhu, CMA, Jinan, China; and X. Diao and J. Zhu   P13A.12 Bow echo characteristics in Romania   Aurora Stan-Sion, National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania; and C. I. Oprea and B. Antonescu   P13A.13 Using a low-order model to detect and characterize tornadoes in multiple-Doppler radar data   Corey K. Potvin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro, T. Y. Yu, J. Gao, and M. Xue   P13A.14 Performance of two velocity dealiasing algorithms on Terminal Doppler Weather Radar data   Arthur Witt, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK   P13A.15 The design and initial testing of an X-band Doppler Radar for monitoring hazardous winds for railroad system   Wataru Kato, East Japan Railway Company, Saitama-shi, Saitama-pref, Japan; and H. Suzuki, M. Shimamura, K. Kusunoki, and T. Hayashi   P13A.16 A cool season low-topped supercell tornado event near Sydney, Australia   Harald Richter, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia   P13A.17 Doppler Radar Observations of the Interactions of Gravity Waves with Mesocyclones   Timothy Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp P13A.18 The evolution and structure of a tornadic supercell storm in Finland on 12 June 1998   Jenni Teittinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland   P13A.19 Preliminary analysis of a severe winter storm in central Oklahoma using data from the CASA, dual-polarization, Doppler-radar network   Jana B. Houser, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein   P13A.20 Analysis of the 11 June 2003 Mesoscale Convective Vortex Genesis using Weather Surveillance Radar – 1988 Doppler (WSR-88D)   Amber E. Reynolds, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and L. D. Carey, F. Zhang, and C. A. Davis
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Halls C & D Poster Session P13B Wind Profilers / Operational Needs Worldwide, Networks and End to End Forecast Systems I
P13B.1 Vertical wind observation in the tropical upper troposphere by VHF wind profiler—A case study   Masayuki Yamamoto, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Horinouchi, M. Niwano, N. Nishi, H. Hashiguchi, M. Yamamoto, and S. Fukao   P13B.2 Stratosphere–Troposphere Interaction Process in Mid-latitude Spring as Revealed by Xianghe VHF Doppler Radar and Other Related Data   Daren Lu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and W. Zhang, Y. Wang, and S. Duan   P13B.3 A 449MHz modular wind profiler development study   William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Cohn, P. B. Chilson, and R. D. Palmer   P13B.4 Precipitation and Boundary Layer Studies Using UHF Radar /ISS, Disdrometer and Weather Radar in Taiwan   Pay-Liam Lin, National Central Univ., Jhong-Li, Taiwan; and H. C. Lai and H. H. Lin   P13B.5 Vertical structure of precipitation observed by NOAA profilers and NASA TRMM Precipitation Radar during NAME 2004   Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White, K. S. Gage, and F. M. Ralph   P13B.6 Quantitative precipitation estimation and error analysis with a UHF wind profiling radar and a two-dimensional video disdrometer   Laura M. Kanofsky, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and P. B. Chilson, T. J. Schuur, G. Zhang, Q. Cao, and E. A. Brandes   P13B.7 The effect of charged particles on the polar mesopause region, as observed by MST and meteor radars   Andrew P. Ballinger, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Chilson, R. D. Palmer, S. Kirkwood, and N. J. Mitchell   P13B.8 Australian Bureau of Meteorology wind profiler network   Alex Kariko, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and D. Lockett and R. Atkinson   P13B.9 Quality information in processing chain—generalized method of documentation based on Unit of Transformation Step (UTS)   Zdzislaw Dziewit, Institute of Meteorology and Water Mangement, Warszawa, Poland   P13B.10 Weather radar education at the University of Oklahoma: An integrated inter-disciplinary approach   Robert D. Palmer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, G. Zhang, P. B. Chilson, M. I. Biggerstaff, M. B. Yeary, S. M. Torres, J. E. Crain, and Y. Zhang   P13B.11 TIFS developments inspired by the Beijing 2008 FDP   John Bally, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and A. J. Bannister and D. Scurrah   P13B.12 Implementation of the RNDSUP S-band Doppler radar systems for use in the Australian weather radar network   Ken Jarrott, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and C. Barnes, R. Jones, F. Cummings, L. McBean, M. Whitehead, R. Webb, T. Keenan, P. May, C. Brown, and J. Borgmann   P13B.13 Operational configuration and software evaluation of the RNDSUP Doppler radars for the Australian weather radar network   Bruce Gunn, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and R. Jones, A. Lane, P. T. May, E. Morgan, C. Barnes, and S. Beyer   P13B.14 The end-to-end severe thunderstorm forecasting system in Australia: overview and training issues   R. B. Deslandes, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and A. J. Bannister and H. Richter   P13B.15 The Australian weather radar network: current and future challenges   Agnes Lane, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and R. Atkinson and R. Stringer   P13B.16 The Australian nowcasting system   A. J. Bannister, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Bally, K. Cheong, S. Dance, T. D. Keenan, and P. J. Purdam   P13B.17 Distribution of weather radar imagery via the internet at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology   A. Donaldson, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and R. Smyth, S. Fisher, R. Davidson, D. Adams, F. Longo, and J. Lubkowski   P13B.18 3D-Rapic—The Australian radar visualisation system   P. J. Purdam, BMRC, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   P13B.19 Radar visualization and data exporter tools to support interoperability and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)   Stephen Del Greco, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and S. Ansari   P13B.20 A case-study of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning event in Sydney, Australia: combining forecaster input with automated nowcast guidance   Ewan Mitchell, BMRC, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia; and R. Webb   P13B.21 Moasic of Radar Reflectivity Image using Height-Weighted Reflectivity Data   Jung-Hoon Lee, Kweather Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea; and S. H. Jung, K. E. Kim, B. H. Heo, and D. S. Kim
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday Coffee Break in Halls C & D
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday, Hall A Session 11A Severe Weather and Mesoscale Meteorology I (Parallel with 11B)
Chair: Walter A. Petersen, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
4:00 PM 11A.1 Keynote: An Introduction to the QPESUMS Rerun Products for Rainfall Prediction of Landfall Typhoons in the Taiwan Area   Ben Jong-Dao Jou, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and P. T. K. Chiou, P. L. Chang, M. D. Cheng, and M. J. Hong 4:30 PM 11A.2 Atmospheric vortex structures retrieved from single-Doppler radar observations. Part I: The Generalized VTD (GVTD) technique   Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. J. D. Jou 4:45 PM 11A.3 Atmospheric vortex structures retrieved from single-Doppler radar observations. Part II: Objective method to deduce mean wind vector using the GVTD technique   Tsung-Jung Lee, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and B. J. D. Jou, W. C. Lee, and K. Zhao 5:00 PM 11A.4 Single-Doppler Radar Analysis of a Mesocyclone in the Taiwan Strait   Kun Zhao, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and B. J. D. Jou 5:15 PM 11A.5 Overview of the HARIMAU2006 intensive observation for diurnal to intraseasonal rainfall variability study over Sumatera Island, Indonesia   Shuichi Mori, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and J. I. Hamada, N. Sakurai, M. Kawashima, Y. Fujiyoshi, F. Syamsudin, J. Matsumoto, and M. D. Yamanaka 5:30 PM 11A.6 A new formulation of advection-correction for radar data   Alan Shapiro, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; and K. Donner and T. Y. Yu 5:45 PM 11A.7 Lightning Initiation and Intensity Nowcasting based on Isothermal Radar Reflectivity—A Conceptual Model   Linus H.Y. Yeung, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and E. S. T. Lai and S. K. S. Chiu
	4:30 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday, Meeting Room 2 Session 11B Polarimetric Radar and Applications II (Parallel with 11A)
Chair: Robin J. Hogan, University of Reading, Reading, Berks. United Kingdom
4:30 PM 11B.1 The use of co-polar correlation coefficient to separate regions of rain, melting layer and snow regions for applying corrections to vertical profiles of reflectivity   Sergey Y. Matrosov, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. E. Kingsmill and K. A. Clark 4:45 PM 11B.2 Target Separation and Classification using Cloud Radar Doppler-Spectra   Matthias Richard Bauer-Pfundstein, METEK, Meteorologische Messtechnik GmbH, Elmshorn, Germany; and U. Goersdorf 5:00 PM 11B.3 Adaptive technique to extract the intrinsic insects' backscatter differential phase from polarimetric spectra   Svetlana Bachmann, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. Zrnic 5:15 PM 11B.4 Uncertainty of Zdr Calibration Techniques   J.C. Hubbert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Pratte, M. Dixon, and R. A. Rilling 11B.5 Polarimetric signatures of ground clutter   Martin Hagen, DLR, Wessling, Germany 5:30 PM 11B.5A Differential reflectivity calibration without using vertical incidence observations   Dmitri N. Moisseev, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar 5:45 PM 11B.6 Using polarimetry in mountainous terrain—potentials and challenges   Katja Friedrich, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and U. Germann and P. Tabary
	6:00 PM, Thursday Sessions End for the Day
Friday, 10 August 2007
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Friday, Hall A Session 12A Results from field campaigns (Parallel with 12B)
Chair: Edward J. Zipser, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
8:00 AM 12A.1 Keynote: The Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWPICE)   Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Mather, G. Vaughan, C. Jakob, G. McFarquhar, K. N. Bower, and G. G. Mace 8:30 AM 12A.2 Precipitation microphysics and vertical air motions retrieved from VHF, UHF, and S-band profilers during TWPICE   Christopher R. Williams, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. T. May 8:45 AM 12A.3 Radar observations of convection in a large-scale disturbance during NAMMA   Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and B. F. Smull, T. J. Lang, S. A. Rutledge, and E. J. Zipser 9:00 AM 12A.4 Polarimetric radar observations of mesoscale convective systems in West Africa   Paul A. Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Newman, J. Gerlach, and A. Gaye 9:15 AM 12A.5 Documentation of the dynamical, microphysical, and radiative properties of the stratiform part of West-African squall lines sampled with the airborne cloud radar RASTA during AMMA   Mathieu Papazzoni, CETP, Vélizy, France; and A. Protat, A. Plana-Fattori, D. Bouniol, and J. Delanoë 9:30 AM 12A.6 Horizontal Organization of Precipitating Systems and Its Relationship to Synoptic and Thermodynamic Conditions during NAME   Gustavo Pereira, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge 9:45 AM 12A.7 Airborne Radar and Dropsonde Analysis of an Oceanic Cold Front   Roger M. Wakimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Friday, Meeting Room 2 Session 12B Nowcasting II (Parallel with 12A)
Chair: Rita D. Roberts, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 12B.1 Rationale and use of the CP2 Testbed in Brisbane, Australia   T. Keenan, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. W. Wilson, J. Lutz, K. Glasson, and P. T. May 8:45 AM 12B.2 Network architecture for small X-band weather radars—Test bed for automatic inter-calibration and nowcasting   Lisbeth Pedersen, DHI Water Environment Health & Technical University of Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark; and N. E. Jensen and H. Madsen 9:00 AM 12B.3 Nowcasting thunderstorms for the 2008 sumer olympics   James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. X. Chen, Y. C. Wang, and L. Wang 9:15 AM 12B.4 Integration of Probabilistic Weather Information with Air Traffic Management Decision-Making Tools—A Conceptual Vision for the Future   Matthias Steiner, NCAR / RAL, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Bateman, S. G. Benjamin, B. G. Brown, B. Carmichael, G. Davidson, J. A. Krozel, J. Mahoney, C. Mueller, J. Pinto, R. Rasmussen, and S. S. Weygandt 9:30 AM 12B.5 At-sea demonstration of the SPS-48E radar weather extraction capability   Paul R. Harasti, UCAR and NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Frost, Q. Zhao, J. Cook, L. Wagner, T. Maese, S. Potts, J. Pinto, D. Megenhardt, B. Hendrickson, and C. Kessinger 9:45 AM 12B.6 Determining Snowfall Rate and Ice Water Contents from Reflectivity for Winter Nowcasting of Precipitation and Visibility   Faisal S. Boudala, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. A. Isaac
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Friday Coffee Break (in Hallway Outside General Session Room)
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Friday, Hall A Session 13A Severe Weather and Mesoscale Meteorology II (Parallel with 13B)
Chair: Ben Jong-Dao Jou, National Taiwan University, Taipei Taiwan
10:30 AM 13A.1 Low Level winds in tornadoes observed by radars and in situ instrumentation   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO 10:45 AM 13A.2 Preliminary results from the fielding of a disparate triad of mobile Doppler radars to study severe convective storms and tornadoes   Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. J. Frasier, R. Bluth, I. PopStefanija, R. L. Tanamachi, M. M. French, J. C. Snyder, J. B. Houser, P. S. Tsai, M. Ohene, and C. Baldi 13A.3 Development, Evolution, and Forcing of the Rear Inflow Jet Within the 29 June 2003 Kansas BAMEX Bow Echo   Robert M. Rauber, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. A. Grim, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, and D. P. Jorgensen 11:00 AM 13A.3A Distributed Collaborative Adaptive Radar Network: The CASA IP-1 Network and Tornado Observations   V. Chandrasekar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. J. McLaughlin, J. A. Brotzge, M. Zink, B. D. Phillips, and Y. Wang 11:15 AM 13A.4 An Extended Dual-Doppler Radar Study of the Houston Rainfall and Lightning Anomalies   Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and V. A. McNear, M. L. Gauthier, and W. A. Petersen 11:30 AM 13A.5 The dependence of modes of propagation of quasi-linear convective systems on the boundary layer: A multi-sensor analysis   Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Coleman 11:45 AM 13A.6 Mesocyclone characteristics in Romania   Aurora Stan-Sion, National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania; and B. Antonescu 12:00 PM 13A.7 Fine structure of gustfront observed by Doppler radar, Doppler sodar, surface weather station and photogrammetry   Fumiaki Kobayashi, National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan 12:15 PM 13A.8 Development and Evolution of the Convective Boundary Layer   Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. J. Bennett, C. Kiemle, C. N. Flamant, Y. P. Richardson, and A. M. Blyth
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Friday, Meeting Room 2 Session 13B Wind Profilers / Operational Needs Worldwide, Networks and End to End Forecast Systems I (Parallel with 13A)
Chair: Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic. Australia
10:30 AM 13B.1 A VHF Windprofiler Network in Ontario and Quebec, Canada: Design Details and Capabilities   Wayne Hocking, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and P. A. Taylor, P. S. Argall, I. Zawadzki, F. Fabry, G. Mcbean, R. Sica, H. Hangan, G. Klaassen, J. Barron, and R. Mercer 10:45 AM 13B.2 Cirriform cloud observation in the tropics by VHF wind profiler and 95-GHz cloud radar   Masayuki Yamamoto, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere / Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and Y. Ohno, H. Okamoto, H. Horie, K. Sato, N. Nishi, H. Kumagai, H. Nagata, M. Yamamoto, H. Hashiguchi, and S. Fukao 11:00 AM 13B.3 Structure of a daytime convective boundary layer revealed by a virtual radar based on large eddy simulation   Danny E. Scipion, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, E. Fedorovich, P. B. Chilson, and A. M. Botnick 11:15 AM 13B.4 Wind profiler observations of mountain waves and rotors at T-REX   S.A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown 11:30 AM 13B.5 Operational multiple-Doppler wind synthesis over France   Olivier Bousquet, Meteo France, Trappes, France; and P. Tabary and J. Parent 11:45 AM 13B.6 Impacts of wind turbine farms on WSR-88D radars   Donald W. Burgess, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Crum and R. J. Vogt 12:00 PM 13B.7 Development of Weathernews' radar operations   Christopher W. Porter, Weathernews, Norman, OK; and N. Kunihiro, D. Jahn, and K. Droegemeier 12:15 PM 13B.8 Airborne RLAN and weather radar interference at C-Band   Paul Joe, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and F. Whetten, J. Scott, and D. Whetten
	12:30 PM-1:30 PM, Friday Lunch Break (Lunch Carts Available in Hallway Outside General Session Room)
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Friday, Hall A Session 14 Operational Needs Worldwide, Networks and End-to-End Forecast Systems II
Chair: Tom Keenan, BMRC, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
1:30 PM 14.1 Keynote: Implementation of an end to end Radar Network and Doppler Services Upgrade Project (RNDSUP)   Ray P. Canterford, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and B. Gunn and R. Webb 2:00 PM 14.2 Keynote: Weather Radar Networking in Southern Africa   Deon E. Terblanche, South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa 2:30 PM 14.3 Keynote: Challenges in weather radar deployment   Robert Wright, Environmental Systems & Services Pty Ltd, Richmond, Vic., Australia 3:00 PM 14.4 The Hellenic Weather Radar Network—Upgrades, Description and Future Plans   Pavlos Kollias, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and G. Potiriadis, G. Alexakis, and E. Serpetzoglou 14.5 The NOAA Joint Radar Planning Team's Strategic Vision for 2025: An Integrated National Weather Radar System   Timothy Schneider, NOAA / ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. Melendez, K. Kelleher, R. E. Saffle, T. Crum, D. Zrnic, G. S. Cate, and L. J. Wicker
	3:00 PM, Friday 33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology Adjourns

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